Commissioners for the Port of Houston Authority have agreed to limit the number of vessels measuring longer than 1,100 ft at the request of energy companies who feared large container ships would threaten export growth.
Traffic for large vessels that cause one-way traffic limitations on the key ship channel approach of Galveston Bay has been limited to once a week.
This applies to ships over 1,069 ft long, which are also not able to arrive and depart from a Port Houston terminal on the same day.
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